Evangelical leader Dobson leaving radio show
(Denver) James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he founded more than 30 years ago, the evangelical group said Friday.
Dobson, 73, and the board of directors both agreed …
Tags: Board Of Directors, Christian Group, Evangelical Group, Flagship, Focus On The Family, Formal Ties, Group Focus, James Dobson, Radio Broadcast, Radio ShowEvangelical group faces ’serious’ shortfall
(Denver) A “serious budget shortfall” at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious “Love Won Out” conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Tags: Budget Shortfall, Christian Group, Conferences, Evangelical Group, Faces, Focus On The Family, Fundraising, Homosexuality, love, Plea, Religious Organization, SpokesmanBrian Normoyle: Gathering Storm: Miss California Trying to Redefine Traditional Breasts for the Rest of Us
For many thousands of years, across every culture and continent, women have known traditional or “natural” breasts to be those that God — or nature — gave them. To think otherwise flies in the face of millennia of human history and spiritual doctrine. Prejean’s Bible repeatedly reminds us we are made in God’s perfect image while warning us against exchanging the “natural” use of our bodies for those deemed “unnatural.” And, while one could argue the rights to privacy and personal freedom are inherent in our nation’s founding democratic principles and that every American has a right to his/her own life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, organizations like NOM — for whom she’s now a spokesperson — Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council repeatedly admonish us that life in America would be better if theology and biblical doctrine were the primary determinant of civil law and personal liberties.
While someone else was footing the bill, Prejean made the choice to defy her God’s perfect design and creation of her and to rebel against the intended and “natural” purpose of her mammaries: namely, the nursing of babies rather than the visual attraction sufficient enough to win a vanity contest. Moreover, if her teeth aren’t capped, I’m betting they were braced; and I’d also put money down on the fact that Prejean has, at some point, performed other “unnatural” acts with her organs like chewing gum, wearing eye-glasses, enjoying a Diet Coke or two or even… um… er, well, you get the idea.
So, Carrie, you may find full civil equality for all Americans to be “unnatural” and not “Biblically correct,” but, frankly, neither are your Jugs for Jesus and your Caps for Christ. “No Offense.” See Brian Normoyle: Gathering Storm: Miss California Trying to Redefine Traditional Breasts for the Rest of Us
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Dobson resigns as head of anti-gay FOF
(Denver, Colorado) Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago, The Associated Press has learned.
Dobson notified the board of his decision Wednesday, and the 950 employees …
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The Colorado Independent, has broken a story of some interest to those following the money trail of the California anti-gay marriage amendment battle this past Nov. While many of us have focused on the impact of the Mormon Church on passage of the amendment, Ernest Luning has uncovered the impact of Focus on the Family. See Report shows Focus on Family both anti-jobs and anti-gay
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Report shows Focus on Family both anti-jobs and anti-gay
The Colorado Independent, has broken a story of some interest to those following the money trail of the California anti-gay marriage amendment battle this past Nov. While many of us have focused on the impact of the Mormon Church on passage of the amendment, Ernest Luning has uncovered the impact of Focus on the Family. See Report shows Focus on Family both anti-jobs and anti-gay
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Fury Over Obama’s Gay-Affirming Justice Picks
Social conservatives are calling on Congress to reject several of President Obama’s picks to the Department of Justice, including the No. 2 position of deputy attorney general, because they support gay and lesbian equality and the right of a woman to have an abortion.
Republicans on Capital Hill grilled David Ogden, nominated to be the deputy attorney general, at length about those issues at his Thursday confirmation hearing, reports The Associated Press.
Ogden filed a brief in support of the gay defendants at the center of the 2004 Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas which declared sodomy laws unconstitutional. Ogden has also defended organizations that support the right of a woman to seek an abortion.
“You’ve taken some very extraordinary positions, some left-leaning and unorthodox positions,” Senator Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, told Ogden.
Evangelical groups, including the ardently anti-gay Focus on the Family and the American Family Association, have objected to Ogden’s nomination.
Similar concerns are being expressed over the nomination of Elena Kagan to Solicitor General. Kagan, who is openly gay, is being denounced for her support of open service for gay military personnel.
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National anti-gay group fights for Wyoming gay marriage ban
(Cheyenne, Wyoming) A national conservative Christian group has begun a telephone lobbying campaign in Wyoming in support of a gay-marriage ban in the state Senate.
Focus on the Family Action, of Colorado Springs, Colo., is pushing to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would stop the state from recognizing …
Tags: Anti Gay, Cheyenne Wyoming, Christian Group, Colorado Springs Colo, Constitutional Amendment, Focus On The Family, Gay Group, Gay Marriage Ban, Group Fights, marriage, State SenateFocus Action lobbies in Wyoming on gay marriage
A Colorado-based evangelical group has launched a telephone lobbying campaign trying to influence a gay-marriage bill in Wyoming. Focus on the Family Action of Colorado Springs has been making telephone calls to voters in key Wyoming senate districts. he group is trying to drum up support for legislation that would let Wyoming voters decide whether to amend the state constitution to specify that the state won’t recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. See Focus Action lobbies in Wyoming on gay marriage
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Survey: More Coloradoans embracing gay unions
Two years ago, by a 57 percent to 43 percent margin, Colorado voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. At the same time, they also defeated a measure to allow civil unions.
Now, according to a survey released Thursday, more Coloradans appear to be embracing ideas such as civil unions and gay marriage.
A slim majority of Coloradans support gay marriage and four-fifths support gay civil unions, according to the survey commissioned by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in California, and conducted Nov. 10-16 by Harris Interactive with 502 Colorado residents.
GLAAD conducted a national poll, but Colorado was the only state the group polled separately. Even though California’s Proposition 8 to outlaw gay marriage is more timely, having passed in the November election, the group felt that Colorado’s history on gay issues and its being home to two opposing forces on the issue - Focus on the Family and the Gill Foundation - made this the best crucible for their research.
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